{"id":10724,"date":"2016-04-19T14:04:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=10724"},"modified":"2016-04-19T14:04:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T14:04:56","slug":"visit-president-maldives-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/visit-president-maldives-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit of President of Maldives to India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Name the President of Maldives who was on an Official visit to India on April 10-11, 2016?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mohamed Nasheed<br \/>\n(b) Abdulla Yamin Abdul Gayoom<br \/>\n(c) Dunya Maumoon<br \/>\n(d) Dr. Mohammed Saini<br \/>\n<strong>Ans (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The President of Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom was on an Official visit to India on April 10-11, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>His Official delegation includes Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dunya Maumoon, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Dr. Mohamed Shainee and three Members of the Maldivian Parliament.<\/li>\n<li>President Yameen\u2019s first State visit after assumption of Office was to India in January 1-4, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Both countries have historically had a close relationship.<\/li>\n<li>India was among the first to recognise Maldives after its independence in 1965 and to establish diplomatic relations with the country.<\/li>\n<li>India and Maldives signed a trade agreement in 1981, which provides for export of essential commodities<\/li>\n<li>Growing from modest beginnings, India-Maldives bilateral trade now stands at Rs.700 crores<\/li>\n<li>Indian exports to the Maldives include agriculture and poultry produce, sugar, fruits, vegetables, spices, rice, wheat flour (Atta), textiles, drugs and medicines, a variety of engineering and industrial products, sand and aggregate, cement for building etc.<\/li>\n<li>Indian imports primarily scrap metals from the Maldives.<\/li>\n<li>The programme in Delhi for President Yameen\u2019s visit also included a meeting and working lunch with Prime Minister on April 11, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>List of Agreements\/MoUs signed during the visit of President of Maldives to India on April 11, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>The Agreement to avoid double taxation of income derived from international air transport.<\/li>\n<li>Agreement for the Exchange of Information with respect to Taxes.<\/li>\n<li>Bilateral Agreement related to Orbit Frequency Coordination of &#8220;South Asia Satellite\u201d proposed at 48 degree East.<\/li>\n<li>Agreement for Cooperation in the area of conservation and restoration of ancient mosques and joint research and exploratory surveys in Maldives.<\/li>\n<li>Agreement on cooperation in the field of Tourism.<\/li>\n<li>Agreement for Defence Cooperation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/press-releases.htm?dtl\/26606\/Visit+of+President+of+Maldives+HE+Abdulla+Yameen+Abdul+Gayoom+to+India+April+1011+2016\">http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/press-releases.htm?dtl\/26606\/Visit+of+President+of+Maldives+HE+Abdulla+Yameen+Abdul+Gayoom+to+India+April+1011+2016<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maldiveshighcommission.org\/news\/news-from-maldives\/item\/997-president-yameen-calls-on-indian-president-pranab-mukehrjee\">http:\/\/www.maldiveshighcommission.org\/news\/news-from-maldives\/item\/997-president-yameen-calls-on-indian-president-pranab-mukehrjee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/Portal\/ForeignRelation\/MALDIVES_2015_07_02.pdf\">http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/Portal\/ForeignRelation\/MALDIVES_2015_07_02.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl\/26619\/List+of+AgreementsMoUs+signed+during+the+visit+of+President+of+Maldives+to+India+April+11+2016\">http:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl\/26619\/List+of+AgreementsMoUs+signed+during+the+visit+of+President+of+Maldives+to+India+April+11+2016<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Name the President of Maldives who was on an Official visit to India on April 10-11, 2016? (a) Mohamed Nasheed (b) Abdulla Yamin Abdul Gayoom (c) Dunya Maumoon (d) Dr. Mohammed Saini Ans (b) Related facts: The President of Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom was on an Official visit to India on April 10-11, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}